Ferry flight engine fairing kit

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EP 2 075 436 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	08.07.2009 Bulletin 2009/28

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	01.07.2009 Bulletin 2009/27

(21)	Application number: 08172249.8

(22)	Date of filing: 19.12.2008

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

F02C 7/04^(2006.01)

F02K 3/06^(2006.01)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL BA MK RS

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Priority:

28.12.2007 US 966165

(71)	Applicant: General Electric Company
	Schenectady, NY 12345 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	Daniels, James Lloyd Walton, KY 41094 (US)

(74)	Representative: Bedford, Grant Richard
	GE INTERNATIONAL INC 15 John Adam Street London WC2N 6LU 15 John Adam Street London WC2N 6LU (GB)

(54)	Ferry flight engine fairing kit

(57) A fairing kit for a gas turbine engine, where the engine has a core gas turbine engine (13), a fan rotor (26), and a plurality of external fan blades (24) attached to the fan rotor (26) and powered by the core gas turbine engine (13). The core gas turbine engine (13) has an annular splitter (34) for directing a portion (50) of incoming airflow into the core gas turbine engine (13). The fairing kit comprises: a) a fairing (80); b) a plurality of fasteners (88) for securing the fairing (80) to the core gas turbine engine (13); and c) a conformable seal (86) for sealing mating surfaces of the fairing (80) and the core gas turbine engine (13).

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